Beetle Bailey, 9/2/25

Now, I'm not a big shot syndicated newspaper comics artist, but I think that if you have a joke where a general tells a subordinate officer that his uniform cravat (?) isn't regulation, and then the officer says "And that is?" because the general is wearing a ludicrous golf outfit, the general's outfit should be a reveal in the second panel. The element of surprise seems key to making it a "joke," in my opinion, and you're probably saying, "But Josh, the comics are a visual medium, how are you going to have the general's dialogue without showing him," and sorry, that's not my problem! You could've bailed on this joke at any time once you realized this! But you persevered, and here I am criticizing it on my blog, the Comics Curmudgeon. That's just the way of the world, I guess.

Hi and Lois, 9/2/25